Language of medicine 2 Flashcards by Darla Wells

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abdomin/o

A

abdomen

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adip/o

A

fat

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anter/o

A

front

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bol/o

A

to cast (throw)

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cervic/o

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neck (of the body or of the uterus)

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chondr/o

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cartilage (type of connective tissue)

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chrom/o

A

color

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coccyg/o

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coccyx (tailbone)

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crani/o

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skull

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cyt/o

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cell

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dist/o

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far/ distant

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dors/o

A

back portion of the body

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hist/o

A

tissue

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ili/o

A

ilium (part of the pelvic bone)

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inguin/o

A

groin

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kary/o

A

nucleus

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later/o

A

side

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lumb/o

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lower back (side and back between ribs and the pelvis)

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medi/o

A

middle

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nucle/o

A

nucleus

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pelv/i

A

pelvis, hip region

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poster/o

A

back, behind

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proxim/o

A

nearest

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sacr/o

A

sacrum

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sarc/o

A

flesh

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spin/o

A

spine, backbone

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thel/o, theli/o

A

nipple

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thorac/o

A

chest

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trache/o

A

trachea, windpipe

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umbilic/o

A

navel, umbilicus

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ventr/o

A

belly side of the body

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vertebr/o

A

vertebra(e), backbone(s)

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viscer/o

A

internal organs

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ana-

A

up

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cata-

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down

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epi-

A

above

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hypo-

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below

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inter-

A

between

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meta-

A

change

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-eal

A

pertaining to

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-iac

A

pertaining to

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-ior

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pertaining to

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-ism

A

process, condition

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-ose

A

pertaining to, full of

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-plasm

A

formation

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-somes

A

bodies

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-type

A

picture, classification